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Hey guys, I have just got back from overseas on a short working holiday. I'm getting straight back into getting this thing all fixed. New head gasket, head bolts and timing belt arrived today. I should have the head on and torqued up by tomorrow. It looks like the left engine mount has to be undone ...

Thanks for that info. I finally got the head off today. The two center head bolts were covered in oil and the head gasket is pretty rooted. The coolant galleys have a rusted color build up in them. I removed the spark plug that was used to block the heater hose in the picture, the hose was full of b...

Made the tool yesterday and got the timing belt off just before.
Now do I need to take the camshaft pulleys and the camshafts off? Or can i just leave them on there and take the head off in one piece?

Found a good piece of aluminum so i think ill make the thing tomorrow.

Heres a pic of the random spark plug that's blocking up a hose.

Awesome! Cheers, ill get onto it tomorrow!

Thanks for that info Trey. Finally got the crank pulley bolt off! I used the starter motor technique with a breaker bar... After I spent half an hour trying to get the thing undone by hand with the breaker bar :lol: Now I need to get the Timing belt/Cam belt off. The manual says i need a J-42492 tim...

I had a decent go at it today and got a bit done, however I'm stuck on taking the crankshaft pulley bolt off. I have only ever taken one off before (in a Honda SOHC) and used a special tool to hold the pulley in place but this pulley doesn't seem to have anywhere to put a special tool. I'm a bit hes...

Big thanks mate!

Now hopefully I can get this thing fixed, Ive only ever replaced a head gasket on a SOHC engine before, DOHC Shouldn't be too much harder.

Thanks guys, The download link you gave me doesn't seem to work Daniel

I get this error.
Daewoomofo can you please upload it to Rapidshare

It would be a great help

hey guys, I seem to have blown the head gasket on my Nubira 97 1.6 SX, The coolants seems to be getting into the cylinders, there is a lot of vapor coming out the exhaust once it is warmed up and I can smell and see the coolant on the plugs when i take them out. :( . Just wondering if anyone has a w...